By Ian Robinson By all accounts 2019 was an incredulous year. Inverted yield curves and negative interest rates, nationalisation of tariffs, royal commissions, legislative interventions and credit tightening, out of cycle...
(Shock and Awe: Forster - mid north coast November 2019) As we kick off 2020 in such challenging times, it’s hard to imagine the anticipation and fresh plans we made for...
By Ian Robinson An established farming family felt that their requests for a restructure were not being entirely met on both pricing and terms. Although they did not have anything to...
By John Waterman Most of us in business think of risk as a threat - something needed to be removed or minimised. If the cost of complacency is larger than the...
By Ian Robinson A key distinguishing feature of successful entrepreneurs in private enterprise is their ability to see risk adjusted returns where banks see an outright unacceptable risk. Two key attributes lead...
By Ian Robinson A little-known fact. Lending money and charging interest was immoral, a sin and a punishable crime for many centuries. Going back thousands of years well before money was conceived,...
By Linda Rowley (Article published on October 23, 2019 – Beef Central) THE impact of the ongoing drought has extended far beyond a simple lack of rain, dragging agricultural risk into...
By Ian Robinson Its 1940 and Hay, NSW has fallen within the ominous dark red patch that notes the rainfall is at its “lowest on record”. 36 miles south of Hay, my...
One of the most frequent questions that I am asked by clients is “Can I still have a depreciation report completed on a farm I purchased numerous years ago?”. The only...
By Ian Robinson By popular opinion we will outline three key scenarios about when you should consider negotiating, when you should hold your position and when you should (consider) walking. I...
By Brad Sewell It goes without saying that NSW is in the grip of a drought. The new Banking Order around lending The normal rules of banking and finance no longer apply. Lenders...
By Ian Robinson It is fair to say that most of a farm’s investment and resources are being applied to maximising production outcomes and operational efficiencies. It is one of the...